#BDB852#BDB852

#BDB852 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.124 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB852
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 82)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -11.56, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 52.71, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0351 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.124 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6509, 45.7102, 14.7153)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB852 #5257BD

analogous

#BD8252 #BDB852 #8CBD52

triadic

#BDB852 #52BDB8 #B852BD

tetradic

#BDB852 #52BD82 #5257BD #BD528C

square

#BDB852 #52BD82 #5257BD #BD528C

split-complementary

#BDB852 #528CBD #8252BD

monochromatic

#6C6829 #98933A #BDB852 #CECA7E #DFDCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#BDB852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB852

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB852	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.124 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd86',
    500: '#bdb852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb852;
$custom-light: #d3cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.196,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76632,
    "c": 0.1243,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB852

secondary

#9EA0CC

accent

#59D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB852

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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